LSA LECTURE WITH Pritzker Prize winner Fumihiko Maki AT ROYAL ACADEMY

Aga Khan Museum

On Monday 24 September at the Royal Academy of Arts, Japanese architect and Pritzker Prize winner Fumihiko Maki takes a closer look at the work of his early mentors, Josep Lluís Sert and Kenzo Tange.

Bodies of Thought lecture series

Great emphasis is placed on the role of research in architecture, however the definition can often be limiting, referring to technical or design knowledge acquired through practice. Since Antiquity though, architects have been expected to know and understand more than is required to design a structure. In the first century BC Vitruvius wrote: ‘An architect should be also talented and docile in acquiring knowledge. Because neither talent without knowledge nor knowledge without talent can produce a perfect master’.

At the start of the Modern era, Sir John Soane began his first lecture as RA Professor of Architecture by restating the ‘law’ of the RA:‘The student must read much and reflect more. The mind of the student should be impressed with the absolute necessity of close and unremitted attention, of deep and indefatigable research.’In this spirit, the ‘Bodies of Thought’ lecture series will invite architects to explain how their work has developed alongside a wider body of ideas that has shaped their thinking and practice.

This series is organised in partnership with The London School of Architecture and curated by Vicky Richardson.